Wee wee Dave (I love your DOND nickname, assuming I've got the right person)
and BD
What gets me about this is what a stoppage is.
Dave's words:
"Any player may briefly extend a stoppage of play to correct faulty
equipment (e.g. to tie >shoelaces or straighten a disc), but active play
may not be stopped for this purpose"
Essentially this is important because it means that a disc can only be
fixed if the disc is not >currently checked in, and play cant be stopped to
fix it (as happens quite a lot). That means on >your way to pick up the
disc you can ask permission to straighten the disc,
A stoppage is, as Dave rightly says, a time when the disc is not currently
checked in. Dave then goes on to say that on your way to pick up the disc
you can ask permission to straighten the disc. A turnover (which is when I
assume Dave is talking about walking to the disc) is not a stoppage, and no
check is required to restart play. Therefore you do not have the right to
wipe the disc dry before putting the disc into play after a turnover, only
when a call has been made.
Of course if there is mutual agreement between teams not to stall after a
turnover until the disc has been dried, then I guess you could allow it, but
if you get to that situation and you decide you don't want to dry the disc,
but make a quick pass as a player is free, then the defence won't be ready
for it, and would feel hard done by, although it was technically within the
rules.
That make sense? Basically, as far as I can see it, you can stall someone
straight after a turnover, and if they want to dry it they do it on their
own time.
Tails
Ltd Release
PS Not the views of my team at all.
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